P.V. Sindhu suffers first-round exit in Denmark Open after loss to Germany’s Yvonne Li

The Super 750 title remains missing from Sindhu’s career. This year’s early exit ended her bid for the Odense crown. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

PV Sindhu suffered a first-round exit at the Denmark Open on Tuesday. The World No. 10 lost 21-13, 23-25, 19-21 to Germany’s Yvonne Li in the round of 32, ending her campaign in Odense.

Sindhu won the opening game and won it 21-13. Li, the newly crowned Dutch Open champion, fought back to take a tight second game 25-23. In the decider Li held her nerve at the finish to win 21-19.

The Indian shuttler began the match with control, setting the tempo from the first rally and taking the opening game 21-13 without much resistance from Li.

The second game was a tight affair. Sindhu fought back from 12-15 down to take the game deep but conceded the final two points to allow her opponent a route back into the contest.

Sindhu fought until the last point but Li held her nerve at the end to win 21-19 and send the Indian out in just over an hour.

Sindhu’s last tournament was the Arctic Open 2026 in Vantaa, Finland. She reached the quarterfinal, where she lost a three-game match to Thailand’s former world champion Ratchanok Intanon.

She has claimed one Super 750 title this year, at the Japan Open in July.